A United vs Luton Town brochure from 1983 - a special issue commemorating the fatal Munich crash - sold for £1,000, while a programme for a United youth match against Northern Nomads FC at Belle Vue Stadium in 1958 fetched £540.

Representing United against the Nomads were Mark ‘Pancho’ Pearson and a young Nobby Stiles.

The cover pays tribute to Matt Busby, later Sir Matt, who it says would be at attending the game.

It praises his ‘dynamic leadership management’ crediting it for bringing United ‘outstanding success’ in recent years.

The programme has United as wearing blue shirts and white knickers for the game, while the Nomads played in red and white jerseys.

It also notes the two club’s ‘cordial relationship’ and that United’s legendary chairman Harold Hardman had played for the Nomads 50 years earlier.

United winger Johnny Ashton also acted as a honorary coach for the Nomads.

The highest price paid for a single item at the auction was £5,000, for a Liverpool FC Division 1 champions medal.